NWEAMO 2022
Gene Pritsker & Todd Rewoldt "Duets For The End Of The World"
Also on the program will be works by Debra Kaye & Da Cooper as well as Southern California composers Texu Kim, Madelyn Byrne, Aaron Alter
The Magic Hummingbird at The Cutting Room, NYC
Bringing Waters’ songs to life, at Nweamo and New York City, are an eclectic group of singers including the amazing, versatile Leonard Patton, whose three octave range, from Baritone through Countertenor, is put to full use in Waters’ score. Breakout soprano Karen Garcia, who has been working with Waters over the last six years in the germination and development of the work. Ms. Garcia has a luminous upper range that blooms above the staff. She performs the role of Apollonia, a mystical creature, half human and half plant in the opera. At the Nweamo concert she will be performing “We“ based on the sacred poetry of Mexican curandera Maria Sabina.
Joining in duets with Patton will be Cat Rojo, performing the role of Clara, based on St. Clara from the Saint Francis mythology upon which the opera is loosely based. Patton plays Franklin, tortured and talented friend and sometimes frenemy of Saint Francis. The opera is about breaking borders, set equally in Tijuana and San Diego, and between a group of refugees and a white separatist cult, led by an insane, Trump-like sociopath The Preacher.
Introduction to NWEAMO 2021
Compassion: The New Colossus
May 2nd
from 1 to 6 PM PDT / 23:00 UTC
NWEAMO 2021 presents works that bridge the gap between visual and audio,
allowing a seamless integration of creativity in time based art pieces.
The festival lineup continues to grow in diversity and strength, all over the map as is our mission.
Other works range from virtuosic to ambient to wildly eclectic and impossible to characterize. Half are animated or fully produced videos, half are performances.
There are 23 works on the festival curated from artists the world over, organized into 3 sets.
The 3 sets are asynchronous were released at 1 PM PDT / 23:00 UTC.
You can experience the pieces one by one, or explore them as three boxes of chocolates: sampling, taking a bite, putting it back, coming back later, trying something and moving on, or coming back multiple times. Most range in duration from 3 minutes to 10 minutes, a few go a little longer. The final set is reserved for extended works, and only contains a couple!.
The theme this year is a response to the tumultuous divisions that have seared our cultural fabric since prehistory and which were fanned by unscrupulous sociopaths to
intense levels during the past four years.
We are now in a period of calm and it is up to us to do whatever we can to heal by reaching out, forgiving, accepting and letting go. This is the central work of artists in a healthy culture and we are privileged to be part of this work.
The theme is “Compassion: The New Colossus”, named after the poem that rests at the Statue of Liberty.
Sincerely, Jozefius Vaatierz Rattus (Joseph M. Waters):
Founder & Artistic Director
Video Editing by Tim Poulin
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NWEAMO 2022
Gene Pritsker & Todd Rewoldt "Duets For The End Of The World"
Also on the program will be works by Debra Kaye & Da Cooper as well as Southern California composers Texu Kim, Madelyn Byrne, Aaron Alter
The Magic Hummingbird at The Cutting Room, NYC
Bringing Waters’ songs to life, at Nweamo and New York City, are an eclectic group of singers including the amazing, versatile Leonard Patton, whose three octave range, from Baritone through Countertenor, is put to full use in Waters’ score. Breakout soprano Karen Garcia, who has been working with Waters over the last six years in the germination and development of the work. Ms. Garcia has a luminous upper range that blooms above the staff. She performs the role of Apollonia, a mystical creature, half human and half plant in the opera. At the Nweamo concert she will be performing “We“ based on the sacred poetry of Mexican curandera Maria Sabina.
Joining in duets with Patton will be Cat Rojo, performing the role of Clara, based on St. Clara from the Saint Francis mythology upon which the opera is loosely based. Patton plays Franklin, tortured and talented friend and sometimes frenemy of Saint Francis. The opera is about breaking borders, set equally in Tijuana and San Diego, and between a group of refugees and a white separatist cult, led by an insane, Trump-like sociopath The Preacher.
